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Abra (Abra)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae

Taxonomy
Abra (Abra) was named by Lamarck (1818). It is extant.

It was assigned to Abra by Lamarck (1818) and Woodring (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Abra (Abra) Lamarck
1982Abra (Abra) Woodring p. 679

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familySemelidaeStoliczka 1870
genusAbraLamarck 1818
subgenusAbraLamarck 1818

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. Abra (Abra) Lamarck 1818
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†Abra (Abra) petropolitana Stenzel 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Diet 2: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 18:19:21
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:33:53
Source: g = genus, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Abra sp. (205440)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Texas) Abra petropolitana (41436)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Abra perovata (92393)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Abra petropolitana (7437 7438 7439 90656 205430)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Abra perovata (6005 98525 101191)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Abra sorgenfreii (62882 62883)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Abra sorgenfreii (62884)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Abra berchemensis, Abra bojei, Abra sorgenfreii (111599)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Abra sorgenfreii (61895 61896 61897 61898 61901 61902 61903 61904 61905 61907 62886)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Abra lioica (93060)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Denmark Abra prismatica (98312)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Abra lioica (145254)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Abra prismatica (84755)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Abra prismatica (86801 86802)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Abra prismatica (59003)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Abra lioica (131210 131218)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Abra deutera, Abra triangulata (58522) Abra sp., Abra triangulata (69093) Abra triangulata (69089 69090)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Abra prismatica (84764)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Abra prismatica (86803 86804 86805)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Abra prismatica (84854)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Abra prismatica (56803 56806)